Datasheet

AMP Installers
If you’d like to take your entire Saturday afternoon to install each of these components separately, feel
free to refer to Appendix I at the back of this book. However, we can also tell you about some third-party
software programs that will complete the installation for you. You can find an extended list of these
types of installers at
www.hotscripts.com.
Foxserv
Foxserv is an Apache/MySQL/PHP installer that is available at www.foxserv.net. It is offered as an
open source program and is free to the general public. Foxserv allows you to customize your configura-
tion files during installation and also allows for PEAR modules to be downloaded. (You can read more
about the use of PEAR in Appendix H.) This installer is compatible with both Windows and Linux
systems.
PHPTriad
PHPTriad is another open source installer that is available at no charge. It is available for download at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad/ but is currently applicable to Windows systems
only. Along with Apache, PHP, and MySQL, the package includes Perl and phpMyAdmin (another
powerful database administration system we discuss in Chapter 3).
XAMPP
XAMPP, available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp, is an open source installer that will
install Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, phpMyAdmin, and an FTP server. It is suitable for Linux, Solaris, and
Windows systems.
Configuring Your Apache Installation
For the purposes of working through this book, we assume that you have installed Apache on your
computer. If you haven’t done so but would like to, you can find detailed installation instructions in
Appendix I.
Before you begin configuring and customizing your installation, take a minute to make sure you have
installed everything correctly.
You can access the Apache executable file in three ways:
❑ During installation, the default option is to add Apache to your Start menu, so unless you dis-
abled this, you can locate the Apache HTTP Server listing directly from your Start button. This
gives you shortcuts to starting the server and to testing and configuring features, as well.
❑ Open Windows Explorer and go to the directory where you have installed Apache, the default
being
c:\program files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin\; click Apache.exe to start your
Apache HTTP server.
❑ At the DOS prompt, change directories to the location where the Apache file has been loaded,
and type apache. This starts the server.
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